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RESULTS...
WBA
welterweight champion Miguel Cotto scored a unanimous
decision win over former three-time world champion Shane Mosley. Scores were
115-113 twice and 116-113.
Former
WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito destroyed
Golden Johnson in the first round of their bout to claim
the vacant WBO Intercontinental welterweight title. Official
time: 2:28.
WBC
interim lightweight champion Joel Casamayor won a
very controversial split decision over Jose Armando Santa Cruz. Scores went 114-113 twice for Casamayor
and 114-113 for Santa Cruz. Casamayor retains his belt.
Junior
welterweight Victor Ortiz did away with former world
champion Carlos Maussa in 1:40 of the first
round.
MAYWEATHER AND HATTON PREDICT COTTO VS MOSLEY
WINNER
With "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather and Ricky "The
Hitman" Hatton heavily entrenched in preparations for their own
welterweight championship showdown December 8, both undefeated
fighters took the time to weigh in on the welterweight
mega-contest between their division rivals Miguel Cotto and
Sugar Shane Mosley this Saturday, November 10th at
the "Mecca of Boxing," Madison Square Garden. The 12-round world
welterweight title fight will be produced and distributed live
by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
SUGAR IN THE GAS TANK- MAC
vs SSM... by Chris Ackerman
The time draws near and anticipation levels are running high
for what promises to be an epic clash, with more angles than any writer could
dream of. Age versus youth, speed versus power, emotional versus methodical,
chin versus heart, experience versus…ok, enough. As much as each of these
adjectives appear to be in conflict, it’s not as though any one of them is
purely the domain of one fighter over the other. Shane is older, but not old;
Miguel has power, but Mosley has leveled his fair share of opponents; both are
warriors with all sorts of heart…the only question there is who will be called
on to prove it again this night. My guess is both.
MOSLEY - COTTO: ANOTHER
POTENTIAL BARNBURNER... by Tom Dickey
This is a fight between two belt holders in the welterweight
division. Cotto won his WBO strap back in December of 2006
when he defeated Carlos Quintana. Mosley won his WBC strap
in February of 2007 with a unanimous decision victory over
Luis Collazo. Neither man stepped aside and took a tune-up
fight, instead choosing to make this career defining fight.
Cotto is coming off the biggest win of his career, a victory
over Zab Judah; prior to that win he had beaten prospects
Carlos Quintana and Paul Malignaggi. Cotto would have been
justified had he chosen to take a tune up fight before
stepping into another big fight.
QUOTES FROM MIGUEL COTTO AND SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY AT FINAL NEW YORK PRESS CONFERENCE
COTTO - MOSLEY PRESS CONFERENCE PHOTO GALLERY
Check out the pictures in this special
gallery by Teddy Blackburn/GBP
COUNTDOWN TO COTTO - MOSLEY
The special "Countdown To Cotto-Mosley" which will feature fighter profiles,
expert analysis and forecasts for the 147-pound showdown, will premiere on
Saturday, Nov. 3 immediately after the HBO World Championship Boxing (Joe
Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler) telecast from Cardiff, Wales, which airs live at
9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM PT.
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View the full schedule
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'FAST & FURIOUS!" - COTTO vs MOSLEY
LIVE ON PPV, NOVEMBER 10TH FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
“Fast & Furious” is the only way to describe this epic
rumble between two of boxing’s top pound for pound
superstars -- undefeated WBA world welterweight champion
MIGUEL COTTO and four-time world champion SUGAR SHANE
MOSLEY. The 12-round world
welterweight title fight will be produced and distributed
live on HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m.
PT.
MARGARITO, CASAMAYOR AND
MAUSSA HIGHLIGHT EXCITING “FAST & FURIOUS!”
PAY-PER-VIEW UNDERCARD!
Boasting a combined record of 156 victories – 109 by knockout – against
just 23 losses, the three-bout pay-per-view undercard for “Fast & Furious!”
promises to live up to its name!
11-08-2007
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